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Allmendinger has won two races in the No. 16 car (Indy RC 2021 and Charlotte Roval 2023), but will only run select races this year as he competes for the NASCAR Xfinity Series championship.He finished sixth in the season-opening Daytona 500. Josh Williams will drive the car at Atlanta Motor Speedway this weekend. Trackhouse Racing driver Shane van Gisbergen will pilot the car in a handful of races ...Keep readingView the full article

20 years ago today, the NASCAR Cup Series took the checkered flag for the very last time at Rockingham Speedway. The D-shaped 1.017-mile oval hosted Cup races from 1965 to 2004.Now, 2004 was a year of change for NASCAR, utilizing a playoff format for the first time in its history. As the sport evolved and moved into the future, 'The Rock' was soon to be one of the things it left in the past. As ...Keep readingView the full article

Kvapil, the 20-year-old son of former NASCAR Truck champion Travis Kvapil, will drive JRM’s No. 88 Chevrolet in the April 6 race.As a product of JRM’s Late Model organization, Kvapil becomes its fifth driver to make his Xfinity debut for the organization, joining Richard Boswell, Josh Berry, William Byron and Sam Mayer.Byron competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series and won his first Daytona ...Keep readingView the full article

William Byron reflects on winning his first Daytona 500, a famous congratulatory message and his postrace celebration. View the full article

Kyle Busch sat down with Kevin Harvick to discuss his mindset for the Clash at the Coliseum, past Daytona 500 performances and how he changes focus for upcoming races. View the full article

Kyle Busch spoke with Kevin Harvick about the the difference between Richard Childress Racing and Joe Gibbs Racing. Busch discussed the cultures surrounding both teams and how his mindset has changed since switching to RCR. View the full article

William Byron shared his thoughts on winning the Daytona 500, despite being involved in the big wreck that eliminated several drivers. View the full article

William Byron explained his “weak” burnout following the Daytona 500. View the full article

Former NASCAR driver and future Hall of Famer Kevin Harvick reflected on calling his first Daytona 500 as a race analyst. View the full article

Byron, who experienced a breakout season in Cup last year with his first appearance in the Championship 4, added another surprising chapter with his first Daytona 500 victory on Monday.Unlike most of his fellow Cup competitors, Byron began his racing career on the computer screen rather than on the track, not racing actual cars until he was 14 years old.Now 26, Byron has established himself a ...Keep readingView the full article

Bill Lester’s 146 national series starts are second only to racing pioneer Wendell Scott among Black drivers who have competed in NASCAR. View the full article

While there was social media chatter about whether Alex Bowman — and not William Byron — won the Daytona 500, NASCAR got the call right. View the full article

Kaitlyn Vincie and Mamba Smith chat with Kevin Harvick and break down his three Cup Series wins at Atlanta Motor Speedway. View the full article

Join former NASCAR driver Kevin Harvick alongside friends and analysts Kaitlyn Venice and Mamba Smith on “Harvick’s Happy Hour” to discuss the Big One in the Daytona 500 and Harvick’s experience during the most crucial moments in NASCAR. View the full article

While team co-owner and Hall of Fame inductee Jimmie Johnson’s race didn’t go as well as he hoped, LMC’s two full-time drivers – John Hunter Nemechek and Erik Jones – both left Monday’s rain-delayed Daytona 500 with a strong start to the 2024 season.When a last-lap caution froze the field, Nemechek was credited with a seventh-place finish while Jones was eighth. That’s a marked ...Keep readingView the full article

Busch, who sold his Kyle Busch Motorsports shop and assets in the offseason, will run five Truck races this year with Spire, including driving its No. 7 Chevrolet in Saturday’s race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.The two-time Cup champion will also compete March 1 at Las Vegas, March 16 at Bristol, Tenn., April 12 at Texas and May 10 at Darlington, S.C.Busch, who competes full-time in Cup with ...Keep readingView the full article

Pastrana, an 11x X-Games Gold Medalist, extreme sports icon and occasional NASCAR competitor, made his debut this past weekend in the Extreme E series, competing with a new team fielded by Legacy Motor Club, co-owned by Johnson and Maury Gallagher.Johnson, who also plans to compete in one or more series’ events with the team this year, missed the opener by competing in Monday’s rain-delayed ...Keep readingView the full article

The Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet driver took the lead after the final set of green flag pitstops, and narrowly avoided a 23-car pileup in the closing laps. Daytona 500 glory was in sight, but the battle wasn't over just yet.William Byron (Hendrick Chevrolet) took over at the front when racing resumed after a brief red flag with four of the 200 laps remaining, but Chastain mounted a massive charge ...Keep readingView the full article

Hendrick Motorsport driver Byron made a timely charge to the front of the field following the final round of green flag pit stops.After a massive late wreck, Byron bolted to the lead on a restart with four of the 200 laps remaining. Approaching the white flag to signal one lap remaining, Byron moved to block the oncoming charge of Ross Chastain's Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet, who then clipped the ...Keep readingView the full article

Hill powered past Jordan Anderson on a restart with three of 120 laps remaining and held off Chandler Smith by 0.591 seconds to win Monday night’s rain-delayed race that was marred by several multi-car wrecks.Hill’s Daytona three-peat did not come easily as the driver of the No. 21 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet was involved in an early-race accident and multiple issues on pit road ...Keep readingView the full article